Dalton Camp Award Winning Essays

2015 Winner

WINNER - Spencer Keys completed a Bachelors degree in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of British Columbia, where he is currently pursuing a law degree. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the UBC International Law Journal but still harbours dreams of writing for television.

2014 Winners

WINNER - Randy Morse is a political scientist, editor, artist, musician, and author of six books. He is the founder of several book publishing houses and a web-based publishing pioneer. He currently heads the Kaslo institute, an innovative rural-based think tank. He lives in Kaslo, BC, one of Canada’s quirkiest communities.

Best Essay by a Post-Secondary Student - Whitney Light is a writer and photographer from Winnipeg. Recently she completed a Master’s degree at Columbia Journalism School. She currently works as a journalist in Yangon, Myanmar. In her spare time, she is learning to play the guitar.

In 2013, the deadline for essay submission was changed from March to November. The Award from that year was announced in March 2014.

2012 Winner & Finalists

WINNER - Regan Burles completed an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History at the University of Ottawa in 2011. He will commence a Master of Arts program in Political Science at the University of Victoria in September 2012.

2011 Winner & Finalists

WINNER - Nancy Black is a freelance writer and participant in the Royal Roads Masters of Professional Communication program. Nancy enjoys the many privileges of living in Calgary, Alberta but never takes them for granted.

FINALIST - Joshua Noble completed his Bachelors degree in Psychology at The King's University College in 2010. He is a recent recipient of both the Academic Silver Medal and SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship. He plans to begin working on his Masters of Communication at Simon Fraser University this autumn.

FINALIST - Megan Cécile Radford is a 2011 graduate of the Master of Arts in Journalism program at the University of Western Ontario and has a Bachelor in Social Justice and Peace from The King's University College. She grew up in Canada and Senegal and hopes to become a foreign correspondent.

2010 Winners

ETHAN RABIDOUX - Stratford, Ontario native Ethan Rabidoux is a graduate of Political Studies from Queen's University and Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. He is a former debt collector, sailor and student leader turned radio journalist for 1240 CJCS in his hometown. More information can be found at his website www.ethanrabidoux.com.

ROSALYN YAKE - Rosalyn Yake is a graduate of Ryerson's Journalism program, and is currently completing a Masters degree in Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She has worked as a researcher and commentator at CBC radio in Quebec City, and is the founder of Starfish Scholarships India, a charity based in Toronto.

2009 Winners

MARIAM SHEIBANI - Born and raised in Ottawa, Mariam Sheibani is a graduate of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. In the fall she will begin her master's degree in Legal Studies at Carleton University on a SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship.

HEATHER STILWELL - Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Heather Stilwell completed a double major in political science and psychology at Dalhousie University. A resident of Montreal, she is about to begin graduate studies in journalism at Concordia University.

2008 Winners

MATTHIEU AIKINS is a freelance writer and photographer (www.maikins.com). While travelling in Europe, Matthieu learned that his essay won the 2008 Dalton Camp Award. He is a graduate of Queen's University.

FRASER MACLEAN is a graduate of the Art Institute of Vancouver (Recording Arts) and currently is a student at the University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. A passion for travel has led him across Canada, and to New York, Chicago, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and Scotland.

2007 Winners

GARETH LEWIS is a recent university graduate from UBC. His passion for politics has led him to conferences at West Point USMA to NATO simulations in Washington DC. He is also an avid filmmaker, backcountry snowboarder and begins work with the international brewery InBev in August 2007 in Belgium.

AUDREA LIM is currently a Masters student in philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York and a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she completed a B.Sc. in physics and philosophy. She grew up in Calgary and has also lived in Taipei.

2006 Winners

JOE GOODWILL is a full-time writer, researcher and parent, and is also working on a Masters thesis in English Literature and Gender Studies. Born and raised in South Africa, Joe has lived for the past eight years in East Vancouver with three young daughters, two of whom were adopted in South Africa.

JOCELYN GERKE placed on the Canadian Young Historians' National Award Honour Roll in 2003 for an essay on Canadian history. In the autumn of 2006 she will attend the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business combined with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.

2005 Winners

KURT PEACOCK is a researcher and historian living in Saint John, New Brunswick. He has previously written for the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Telegraph Journal. He is currently working with Vibrant Communities Saint John, a community initiative designed to reduce poverty in Canada's oldest incorporated city.

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MEGAN WENNBERG is a freelance writer, photographer and filmmaker living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Megan has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University, and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, she has lived and worked across Canada.

2004 Winners

DANIELLE DEVEREAUX is a writer and a graduate student in Women's Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has a strong interest in media education and is currently writing curricular guides for the Media Education Foundation, Northampton, Massachusetts. She lives in St. John's.

CAREESA GEE is completing a Masters degree in International Affairs at Carleton University, where she also earned an undergraduate degree in Journalism. Her studies have included the role of the media in foreign policy. She has worked both for the print media and the Canadian government.

MYLES LESLIE graduated from the Masters of Journalism program at the University of British Columbia in May 2004. He has worked as a reporter, writer, and editor for CBC National Radio, and has freelanced in the Vancouver press. He travelled to Hong Kong on a Canadian Association of Journalists' student research fellowship in early 2004.

RUSSELL WANGERSKY is editor of the St. John's Telegram and also a columnist and freelance magazine writer. His columns have appeared in the Edmonton Journal, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen and the Vancouver Province. BBC Wildlife Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Maclean's and Time have published his articles. He is the 2003 editorial winner in the Canadian Newspaper Awards.